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PORTLAND, Ore. --- The Portland Pilots swept the St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers on Friday afternoon in the opening match of the 2015 North Harbour Marriott Invitational. Emily Liger led the Pilots to their sixth win in a row with 15 kills.  

Portland (6-1) beat St. Francis (1-8) with set scores of 25-18, 25-19, and 25-16.

Liger got the scoring started for the Pilots in their seventh match of the season with a solo block and a service ace. After trading points back and forth early on, the Pilots pulled away from the Terriers and controlled the set. Hannah Troutman hammered a kill down the line to keep Portland up by 5 at 15-10. The Pilots blocking game was on during the set with the biggest block coming when Makayla Lindburg and Troutman combined to make the score 17-12. Liger continued the Portland scoring as she led the Pilots to the 25-18 first set win with four kills.

Portland and St. Francis battled for the early momentum, but it was the Pilots who jumped ahead 12-8. The Terriers used a three point run to pull within two of the Pilots at 16-14. This acted as a wakeup call for Portland who then outscored St. Francis 9-5 to close out the second set and take the 2-0 match lead. Liger led the Pilots again offensively with 5 kills.

The Pilots jumped out to an early lead in the third that the Terriers would not be able to recover from. Sarah Savoca hit a cross court kill to get the side out and send the Pilots on a five point run that put the home side up 12-5. Portland used another run to go ahead 17-9 forcing the Terriers to use their final timeout in order to kill the Pilot momentum. Portland powered through the break and went on to complete the sweep 25-16.

Portland will hit the court again tomorrow morning at 10:00 a.m. when they face the Idaho Vandals.